Hastings is in his sixth season with the Colts and his third as the team's sr. assistant special teams coach. He previously served as assistant special teams coach for three years (2021-23). Hastings has 10 years of coaching experience as well as one season in player personnel.
In 2025, Indianapolis ranked second in the NFL in kickoff return average (28.8) and lowest opponent punt return average (6.3). The Colts also ranked second in the league in field goal percentage (94.4) despite utilizing three kickers in Spencer Shrader (13-of-14), Blake Grupe (11-of-11) and Michael Badgley (10-of-11). Shrader was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September after leading the NFL in field goals made (13) and total points (51) in the first month of the season. His 51 points were the most by a Colts player in the first four weeks of a season in franchise history. Additionally, Grupe converted a 60-yard field goal in Week 15 at Seattle, which is the longest kick made in franchise history.
Punter Rigoberto Sanchez finished with 44 punts for 2,146 yards (48.8 avg./44.7 net avg.) with 22 pinned inside the 20-yard line. He ranked second in the NFL in net punting average (min. 12 games played) and seventh in gross punting average. Sanchez set the single-season franchise record for net punt average.
In 2024, Sanchez ranked fifth in the NFL in gross punting average (49.7), while setting the franchise single-season record. He finished seventh in the league in net punting average (42.6). Sanchez earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors in Week 6 after compiling five punts for 271 yards (54.2 avg./48.4 net avg.) with three pinned inside the 20-yard line against the Titans. He set a single-game career-high in punting average (minimum three punts). Additionally, kicker Matt Gay tied for seventh in the NFL in field goals made (31).
In Week 13 of the 2023 season at Tennessee, safety Nick Cross blocked a punt that was recovered by linebacker Grant Stuard and returned for a touchdown. The Colts were one of only four teams to register a blocked punt in 2023 and were the only team to return one for a touchdown.
The Colts ranked eighth in Rick Gosselin's annual report after leading the NFL in kickoff return average (27.8) in 2022. The unit also finished fifth in the NFL in average starting field position after a kickoff (24.6) and seventh in opponent punt return average (7.4). Indianapolis registered two blocked kicks (one field goal and one extra point) and one blocked punt (returned for a touchdown).
In 2021, Hastings assisted with a special teams unit that was named the second-best in the NFL in Rick Gosselin's annual report. The Colts registered two blocked punts on the season and returned both for touchdowns.
Prior to Indianapolis, Hastings served as a defensive analyst for one season (2020) at the University of Mississippi.
He served as the wide receivers coach/pass game coordinator at Indiana State in 2019 after being promoted from wide receivers coach following the 2018 season.
Hastings served in multiple roles at Michigan from 2015-17, including wide receivers coach and offensive assistant (2017) and defensive graduate assistant working with the defensive line (2015-16).
Hastings spent the 2014 season as a pro personnel assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles.
As a player, Hastings spent three seasons in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins (2013) and San Francisco 49ers (2011-13). He also played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League in 2012.
Collegiately, Hastings appeared in 34 games at Washburn University (2005-2010) and accumulated 119 receptions for 2,033 yards and 17 touchdowns. In 2010, he set the single-season school record for most receptions (87) and ranked second for the most receiving touchdowns (15). Hastings was originally a walk-on at Washburn and finished his career ranked ninth in receptions, sixth in receiving yards and seventh in receiving touchdowns in school history. He was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2021.
Hastings earned a bachelor's degree in marketing and finance at Washburn before earning his master's degree in sports administration at Michigan.
Hastings is a native of Wichita, Kan. He is married to his wife, Jenna, and the couple has three children, Addison, Collins and Emery.
2014 | Philadelphia Eagles | Pro Personnel Assistant
2015-2016 | Michigan | Defensive Graduate Assistant
2017 | Michigan | Wide Receivers/Offensive Assistant
2018 | Indiana State | Wide Receivers
2019 | Indiana State | Wide Receivers/Pass Game Coordinator
2020 | Mississippi | Defensive Analyst
2021-2023 | Indianapolis Colts | Assistant Special Teams
2024-2026 | Indianapolis Colts | Sr. Assistant Special Teams
